News Releases

Contacts: Kelly Gribben, CREATE, (213) 740-5514 or gribben@usc.edu Usha Sutliff, USC News, (213) 740-0252 or sutliff@usc.edu WHAT: The National Symposium on the Future of Terrorism Risk Insurance will bring researchers, corporate leaders and policymakers together to discuss the relationship between terrorism risk, insurance, national security and public policy. The symposium will focus on whether the […]

Contact: Jon Weiner, (323) 442-2830 LOS ANGELES (May 31) -Women who take ibuprofen or aspirin daily for several years might face a higher risk of certain breast cancers, according to preventive medicine researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of […]

Rupture of a Little-Known Fault Could Cause Up to $250 billion in Damages, Say Researchers from USC and the U.S. Geological Survey Contact: Carl Marziali (213) 740-4751 Email: marziali@usc.edu A new estimate of the effect of an earthquake along the Puente Hills fault shows that damage could occur on an unprecedented scale. An earthquake of […]

USC researchers find link between highways and breathing problems in kids Contact: Jon Weiner, (323) 442-2830 SAN DIEGO (May 23)-Children living close to a major road are significantly more likely to have asthma than children who live farther away, according to study findings presented today at the American Thoracic Society International Conference. Children living within […]

Contact: Carl Marziali, USC News Service (213) 740-4751 or (213) 219-6347 marziali@usc.edu WHAT: A news briefing will be held to present new estimates of losses from earthquakes on the Puente Hills fault under Los Angeles. Researchers created shaking scenarios for magnitude 7.2 to 7.5 earthquakes and used software from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to […]

Contact: Kaitlin Solimine, USC College, (213) 821-2478 or solimine@usc.edu Usha Sutliff, USC News Service, (213) 740-0252 or sutliff@usc.edu WHAT: Representatives of South Korea’s National Assembly and Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development and the South Korean Educational Development Institute will meet with USC officials to learn about the university’s administrative system. USC representatives will […]

Radioimmunotherapy may be given with greater confidence Contact: Jon Weiner, (323) 442-2830 ORLANDO, Fla. (May 17)-Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and colleagues have found a way to streamline a new form of treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The radiologists presented findings from a trial at the […]

Contact: Jon Weiner, (323) 442-2830 ORLANDO, Fla., May 15- A unique, targeted anti-cancer drug appears to show promise against neuroendocrine tumors-stubborn cancers that have traditionally responded poorly to chemotherapy, according to research findings announced today at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO. Called SU11248, the drug was evaluated […]